CHAP. I. CHAP. IJ. Ofthe Prtacbingof tht Word. THere are two parts ofProphecie: _Prea· ching of the Word, and Conce11ssng of Pmycrs. ' For infpcakingthere are ondy two duties A\{uchJoHbj"'i'"P'AJJOHin thenameof Chri(l, th.r }t berecor.ciltdtoqod, 1, Thc!l, 1. 13.14, God hathfrom the brgtnntr.g tldltdJOlt tofalua– tmJ,throughJanflific"'titm of th1 Spirit ,Andf4ith embr~~cing the truth: whertHrJto he cal!td )Ofl l:y o11r Gofpell.Rom,l. JCi, Tht Gofptll:<thepow<r of God tp {ot!untion to euery one that hl(mtth, Prcu. 29. 18. Whentbereisno':Ji(ion •rena':rd.Rom,l 0,14, CHAP. III. OfthtWerdoj God, THe perfca and e9ual'obiea of Prra- • Or,rhc chir.g isthe woro of GoJ. Luk. 16. 19. word of ThryhAut Mofu& the P~ophttJ,ltt th(~thf'~~t~e ~h~J~s ,~~d I thtm,Marh.z J.:,TheScr~btstmdPhar.fts fie tn oml) mat~ Mo(tsch~ttrt, rhat 1s, they teach the doCtrmc.- terloaCour ofMofa, whrch they doe profelfe. 3· whrchl'"''l therefore~hatfoetur thry bsdJoUcbfeme~rh11t o/Jchmg JS ex~ (erue anddoe. crcdcd:tr 1s The Word of God is the wlfcdome of •he fir'd'" Godconcernio~ the trurb, wf1ich is accor– ding vnrogodlines defcending from aboue. lam.3.17. Buttht"RifedrmJt, whichiJfrom~ aC iboutiifir{lpurt,&c. Tu.1.1. Pau/aStma11t God-•ccordmg to the nck!Jorrhdgmg c( tbe Propher, that is,ofrhe MiniRcr of tht word; tow1r, Preachingoft heword,aodPrllJ– in" vnto God in the name of tbe people. R<>orn. 12. 6. Hauiwg pr~phecie, let vsprophtcie 4e&ording t(}thc"'prr;p9~tion fiJ.faith. Gc~,zo.7· 7)(/jr,urtheman hiswlfeau~une, for he u a Pro- :andwl:tnht{ha/ praJ for thtt,thou {halt hue. ' ~"''"""'"""'theworc(Prophtcu)rsgrucnal- .Chron.15. 1, ThtfonnnofA·· and 1cd1~thun, who wer~fingeYJ, I truth,whJch tJaccordm,gvnrogod!mtjfe-. Adm~tablc is the e>:cellencrc ofthe whrch "eurdent partlyby thenature partly by the operation. The excellency ofthe nature is citherthe pcrfcaion thcrcof,orrhc ct<rnitie. • ll'ith PiA!J, and with 1 Tht Prophwof Baal the name of Ba1.l from morning to 9.Andwhmmid-daJ mu pn{ftd, ••dth'} hadprophecied vntiN the offering •(the tUtning focrifict, D And cucry Prophet is partly the voyceof God, to wit, in prc~ching: and partly the voyccofthepcoplc, in the aa of praying. Ier. 1 5.19· lftholttA-k..t awaytheprrciotu(rom vile,thou (hair be M it "«treMym,uth.Nch. And He<.rabief{rd the Lord thegre•t God, an(wertd,Amm. ofthe word is Prophccying in roomcof C hrill,whcrby men arccalled to the flare of Grace, and confcr– ued in ir)~.Cor.s.19. And h4th commitudto vstbewordofreco»ciliation.z Embrl{(adours Chri(l: The pcrfcaion is either the (ufliciencie, or the purity.Thcfuflicicncic isthat, where by the word ofGod is focompleatc,thar no– thing may bee either put to it, or raken from it, which apperrain<rh to the proper end thereof.Pfal.t9·7· Thtl.,.,.,ofthc Lmlis fe£/,co•lttrti"t the(oult.Deut.Jl, urr Iccmf'JitmdJOt1Jt4k! he(dt 1to'd''' il:,thct<f/J,<I£ put tlfJtbiwg thtrtto, nor opght Reuel.u.r8,19. The puritie thereofis, whereby it rcmai– neth Cl">lirein it feJfc , fOideof deceit and <r· rour, Pfaf.u, 6. Thewcrdsoftht Lordnre 1rord1, tU fluer triedin If furnace ofe~rth, ..
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